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I came to this site because I've been smelling something horrid from the laundry room for the past few months. Yikes, you guys are right - there is a whole other life form living under that fabric softener cup. I removed mine - GAG - and cleaned the holder. Then I saw the hex nut that holds the adgitator on and removed that. HORRORS. The gunk lined the inside of the adgitator and the post it sits on. Hosed the adgitator down in the yard to remove the gunk and put all the parts in a bucket full of boiling hot water and half a cup of dishwasher soap (my cureall for all hard to remove stuff) Let that set until the water cooled and then gave it a scrubbing. I used a flat screwdriver to scrape the hardened stuff off the post (be careful not to poke the little screens at the bottom of the washer tub) and vacuumed the scraps out with a shop vacuum. Put a half gallon of white vinegar in the washer with hot water and let it sit over night and then drained the washer. It's not squeaky clean but it sure smells better! Thanks to all posters for the good advice and ideas!
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